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Short plays by Anton Chekhov and a new theatrical introduction are brought together in an anthology. Comic portraits of performance, courtship, and disappointment reveal the frustrations and unexpected turns of ordinary lives.
After losing his job, marriage and brother in quick succession, businessman Reuben becomes obsessed with finding the moment that set his life’s collapse in motion. Encounters with family, friends and former lovers challenge his belief that events have a single cause and that he can control their outcomes.
Short plays by Anton Chekhov and a new theatrical introduction are brought together in an anthology. Comic portraits of performance, courtship, and disappointment reveal the frustrations and unexpected turns of ordinary lives.
After losing his job, marriage and brother in quick succession, businessman Reuben becomes obsessed with finding the moment that set his life’s collapse in motion. Encounters with family, friends and former lovers challenge his belief that events have a single cause and that he can control their outcomes.